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Discord is beginning to implement Incode for age verification, a move that is already sparking serious privacy concerns among users. While Discord claims that Incode processes biometric data locally via on-device AI without permanent server-side logging, sharing sensitive IDs and selfies with any third-party vendor remains a massive red flag for many. Given Incode's controversial history with platforms like TikTok, where the vendor was heavily criticized for long retention periods and storing biometric data server-side, users who expect strict privacy are highly skeptical about handing over their biometrics, regardless of Discord's current technology claims.

Reminder that the House will be putting KOSA on the table TOMORROW at 6:30PM. If it passes, online privacy and free speech are dead. Call your reps or the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Flood the House with calls and emails today and tomorrow. This bill must be stopped.

Discord is beginning to implement Incode for age verification, a move that is already sparking serious privacy concerns among users. While Discord claims that Incode processes biometric data locally via on-device AI without permanent server-side logging, sharing sensitive IDs and selfies with any third-party vendor remains a massive red flag for many. Given Incode's controversial history with platforms like TikTok, where the vendor was heavily criticized for long retention periods and storing biometric data server-side, users who expect strict privacy are highly skeptical about handing over their biometrics, regardless of Discord's current technology claims.

The internet could change if the U.S. House passes the KIDS Act today to "protect children." Critics warn it could mean de facto age checks for everyone and weakened encrypted communications. The KIDS Act is a package of around a dozen bills that pairs a revised Kids Online Safety Act with new age-verification, AI chatbot, and messaging rules. Digital rights group EFF warns the design would pressure platforms to age-check all users, not just minors, since liability can attach when a service "should have known" a user's age, and flags new rules touching encrypted and disappearing messages. Sponsors Brett Guthrie (R) and Frank Pallone (D) say it's kids-safety protection and note KOSA's text says age verification isn't required.

Canada's new "cyber-security" law lets the government collect your subscriber info, location data, browsing history, and metadata with no warrant and no judge, then share it across federal agencies.

Even If KOSA does pass tomorrow there’s still a few hurdles till it reaches the table, so don’t panic if it does! Call your reps, spam their emails yknow the drill!!

Heat generated from data centers can raise temperatures by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) in local areas source: University of Cambridge

JUST IN🚨: A sprawling, double heat dome is currently taking shape across the United States, bringing dangerously hot, humid conditions to over 200 million Americans.

Discord is beginning to implement Incode for age verification, a move that is already sparking serious privacy concerns among users. While Discord claims that Incode processes biometric data locally via on-device AI without permanent server-side logging, sharing sensitive IDs and selfies with any third-party vendor remains a massive red flag for many. Given Incode's controversial history with platforms like TikTok, where the vendor was heavily criticized for long retention periods and storing biometric data server-side, users who expect strict privacy are highly skeptical about handing over their biometrics, regardless of Discord's current technology claims.

JUST IN: AI bubble could trigger a global financial crisis soon, central bankers warn.

AI data centers are under construction right above the US’s largest underground water reservoir for easy access to clean water

BREAKING: In a landmark 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rules that "geofence warrants," which allow law enforcement to collect sweeping smartphone location data over a broad area, constitute an "unreasonable search" and violate the Fourth Amendment.